Daniel Anthony
Daniel Anthony at a convention in 2016.
Anthony in 2016
Born (1987-10-04) 4 October 1987 (age 36)
Quinton, Birmingham, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor
Years active1994–present
Known for

Daniel Anthony (born 4 October 1987) is an English actor. He is known for his regular roles as Clyde Langer in the Doctor Who spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007–2011) and as Jamie Collier in the medical drama Casualty (2013–2014).

Early life and inspiration

Anthony was born on 4 October 1987 in Quinton, Birmingham. He was a shy and socially awkward boy, so his mother sent him to a drama club in South London to bring him out of himself. He fell in love with acting right away and was soon noticed and signed up by the talent agency that owned the club.[1]

Anthony cites Will Smith's performance in the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996) as his early inspiration for acting.[1]

Career

He started his career as a child actor, appearing in several West End musicals, including the original production of The Lion King (1999) as young Simba,[2][3] and Sam Mendes's revival of Oliver! (1994) at the London Palladium. On stage, he has also played Curtis Younger in the Young Vic's A Raisin in the Sun (2001)[4][5] and Pip in Moby-Dick (2006).[6] In 2003, he voiced Will Parry in the BBC Radio 4 production of the His Dark Materials trilogy.

His early television roles include JJ in EastEnders (2004), Lex Keavey in Doctors (2006), and Danny in As the Bell Rings (2007).[7] For his performance in Doctors, he was nominated for a British Soap Award for Best Newcomer and longlisted for Villain of the Year.[8]

In 2008, he appeared as Kez in Dis/Connected, a BBC Three drama pilot about a young girl committing suicide and the impact it has on her friends. He then made a brief appearance as a thug in the ITV drama Demons (2009), and played Jack in the BBC musical film Rules of Love (2010) about a boy from the wrong side of town (Jake Roche) and an ambitious boarding school girl (Daisy Head).[9][10]

From 2013 to 2014, he was a regular in the medical drama Casualty, playing Jamie Collier, the nephew of already established character Jeff.[11][12] He has described his character as "the calm one, the voice of reason".[8] He then starred as Royston Peel in the crime drama Brotherhood (2016).[8][13][14] In 2021, he joined the UK touring cast of Magic Goes Wrong in the role of Mickey.[15][16]

The Sarah Jane Adventures

He appeared as a series regular in the Doctor Who spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures from 2007 to 2011, playing Clyde Langer.[17] Speaking about his character, Anthony said, "I would describe Clyde as the joker of the group. He always has an answer for everything, even though 99% of the time it was probably wrong! I really enjoy playing comedy so, for me, this character was a dream".[8] He has also narrated The Sarah Jane Adventures audiobook Children of Steel (2011), written by Martin Day,[18] and briefly reprised his role in the 2020 webcast mini episode "Farewell, Sarah Jane", aired on Doctor Who's social media channels as a tribute to Elisabeth Sladen.[19][20][21][22][23]

In 2022, it was announced that Big Finish Productions would produce an audio spin-off of The Sarah Jane Adventures, Beyond Bannerman Road: Rani Takes on the World, set 15 years after the events of the series and focusing on Anthony and Anjli Mohindra's characters.[24] He previously played Delong in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio story "Wirrn Dawn" (2009), starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, and Julian Delaware in the Torchwood audio story "The Law Machines" (2018).[25][26] With his role of Delong, he became the first regular actor from the BBC Wales-produced Doctor Who-related series to have participated in a Big Finish production.

In 2023, Anthony reprised his role as Clyde Langer in Tales of the TARDIS.[27]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Casualty Tyrone Harris Episode: "Better Safe Than Sorry"
2004 EastEnders JJ 4 episodes
2006 Dream Team Eugene Episode: "War of the Roses"
Doctors Lex Keavey Series regular in series 7; 11 episodes
Coming Up Danjah Episode: "Happy $lapz"
Casualty Niall Gorton Episode: "Heads Together"
2007 As The Bell Rings Danny Series regular
2007–2011 The Sarah Jane Adventures Clyde Langer Main role; 52 episodes and a Comic Relief special
2008 A Touch of Frost Lewis Episode: "Dead End"
2009 Guess with Jess Horace Voice role; series regular
Demons Ashley Episode: "Smitten"
2011 My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen Himself Doctor Who Confidential special
Casualty Lee Stark Episode: "Starting Out"
2013–2014 Jamie Collier 47 episodes:
2023 Tales of the TARDIS Clyde Langer Episode: "The Three Doctors"[28]

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Shockumentary Brian Short film
2008 Dis/Connected Kez TV film
Leo Security guard Short film
2010 Rules of Love Jack
2016 Brotherhood Royston Peel
2019 The Money Tree Jason Short film
Rumet Alby James

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Oliver! Nipper London Palladium
1999 The Lion King Young Simba Lyceum Theatre
2001 A Raisin in the Sun Curtis Younger Young Vic
2006 Moby-Dick Pip Compass Theatre Company
2021 Magic Goes Wrong Mickey UK tour

Audio

Year Title Role Notes
2003 His Dark Materials Will Parry BBC Radio 4 adaptation
2009 The Eighth Doctor Adventures Delong Story: "Wirrn Dawn"
2011 Children of Steel Narrator Part of The Sarah Jane Adventures Collection
2018 Torchwood One Julian Delaware Story: "The Law Machines"
2020 The Waringham Chronicles Various Audible drama based on the novels by Rebecca Gablé
2023 Rani Takes on the World Clyde Langer Spin-off of The Sarah Jane Adventures

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Slytherin student
2011 Earth, Sun and Moon Narrator BBC Bitesize games published on The Sarah Jane Adventures website
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Sound

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^ a b "Actor Interview | Danny Anthony | Headshot Photography". 8 March 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. ^ "The Lion King on Broadway". www.lionking.org. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  3. ^ "The Lion King (London Production, 1999) | Ovrtur". ovrtur.com. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  4. ^ Loveridge, Lizzie (6 June 2001). "REVIEW: A Raisin In The Sun, Young Vic (2001) | TheatreVibe". Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Tour archive for A Raisin in the Sun (Play). 11th May 2001-30th June 2001 [TOUR]". UK Theatre Web. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  6. ^ Waters, Rachel (9 March 2006). "BBC - Bradford and West Yorkshire - Entertainment - "A theatrical cocktail!"". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  7. ^ "The Sarah Jane Adventures: Where are they now?". Digital Spy. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d "Daniel Anthony". TresA. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  9. ^ "BBC Two - Rules of Love". BBC. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  10. ^ Ali, Ayaan (17 May 2022). "What happened to the original Lauren Branning actress before Jacqueline Jossa". MyLondon. Retrieved 23 January 2023. In 2010, she appeared in musical Rules of Love alongside Laura Aikman, Daniel Anthony and Charlie Clay.
  11. ^ "Casualty trainees feel tongue-tied". belfasttelegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  12. ^ "BBC One - Casualty - Jamie Collier". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013.
  13. ^ Dalton, Stephen (1 September 2016). "'Brotherhood': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  14. ^ jbindeck2015 (12 September 2016). "Brotherhood Review". Den of Geek. Retrieved 23 January 2023.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ Mitchell, Tamika. "Daniel Anthony And Jocelyn Prah Cast In 'Magic Goes Wrong' UK Tour | The British Blacklist". Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  16. ^ O'Rourke, Chris (11 May 2022). "Magic Goes Wrong". theartsreview. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  17. ^ "How we made The Sarah Jane Adventures: 'We were like a family, and it was beautiful'". Radio Times. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  18. ^ The Sarah Jane Adventures: Children of Steel.
  19. ^ "'Doctor Who' Fans Honor Elisabeth Sladen After Release of 'Farewell, Sarah Jane'". 19 April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  20. ^ Moran, Sarah (21 April 2020). "Farewell, Sarah Jane - Doctor Who Says Goodbye to Elisabeth Sladen With a New Epilogue Scene". ScreenRant. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  21. ^ "Russell T Davies announces Sarah Jane Adventures farewell story". Digital Spy. 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  22. ^ "BBC One - Doctor Who, Farewell Sarah Jane". BBC. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  23. ^ "Farewell, Sarah Jane | Doctor Who". www.doctorwho.tv. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  24. ^ "Anjli Mohindra to return as Rani in Sarah Jane Adventures spin-off". Radio Times. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  25. ^ "Daniel Anthony - Contributions - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  26. ^ Greenfield, Mat (30 July 2018). "REVIEW: WOTAN Meets the Information Age as Torchwood One Fights Machines". Blogtor Who. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  27. ^ "Doctor Who: Welcome to The Whoniverse where every Doctor, every companion and hundreds of terrifying monsters live". BBC Media Centre. BBC. 30 October 2023.
  28. ^ "BBC - Tales of the Tardis, The Three Doctors". BBC. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

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